Should I call (raise) this?

[bjsaust]

SB had been aggro all game and had built a huge stack (very big raises, all-ins, hit some big hands). I'd been very quiet early but built my stack by taking on SB as blinds increased. SB had quieted down immensly after the last hand I won off him dropped him so low. We'd been ITM for ages, and Button had been staying alive due to a lot of folding going on. He'd been VERY quite, pushing about twice in the last 20 hands. I think he'd been waiting for SB and I to knock each other out as we'd been butting heads a bit.

No point calling, I'd either min-raise to put him AI or fold.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1883)
SB (t1262)
Hero (t10355)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, K.
Button raises to t1600, 1 fold, Hero ???


Answer seemed obvious to me, but lets just say there was some discussion at the table .

[DetroitHusling101]

1400 to see a pot of 2500.
I call. (i.e. min re raise)
We still have a ton of chips if we lose and although i suck at figuring out exact pot odd ratios i believe were getting better than 1.5:1 .

[taipan168]

If my maths are right, you need to call 1458 to see a pot of 2533. That's 1.74 to 1 odds so you have correct odds to call against anything but AK/AQ and QQ+. I call (put him all in) here.

[bjsaust]

Yeah, my thinking was that between:

a) His stack v's blinds
b) My stack v's theirs
c) Pot odds

He could show me faceup any bar the hands you mention and I'd still call, and point a in particular (even though he's been quiet, blinds only just went up) make his range a lot wider than that.

Other 2 didnt see my logic though.

[taipan168]

Other 2 didnt see my logic though.

Bugger what they say!

[bjsaust]

Usually I ignore them, but I know I'm not on my A game and a bit rusty atm.